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Best Way to Get UAE Tourist VISA
- Thread starter Satish
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Get through the airline you're flying with.
I used makemytrip visa services back in 2018 and they were fabulous.. Try the app..
If you are flying with Emirates, book with them. Easy approval.
Emirates its dead easy if you are flying with emirates airlines. Just reach out to support and ask.
Tourist visa damn easy with any ticketing agents just get 2 or 3 quotes and pick the best
bugmenot
TF Legend
No DIY visa for UAE?
FinoGuy
TF Legend
What's DIY visa?
FinoGuy
TF Legend
Ohhkkay...
There's nothing to it. You just need to pay and submit flight + hotel. As DIY as it gets.
How can we apply? Any website?
There but if some hassle then again we need some travel agent support so better first attempt itself I used to choose them
metal_heart
TF Premier
Can you share your travel plans. I'm also planning for same in mid next year. Your findings will help
Donald Duck
TF Buzz
Regular tourist visa can only be applied through airline or agent. 5 year multiple entry tourist visa and a few other visa types (the new job seeker one, for e.g.) can be done DIY.
Here's the official UAE websites:
metal_heart
TF Premier
For Visitor Visa, I believe booking ticket is not mandatory.
What does forum member advise; Should VISA be applied first or Ticket be booked.
How early, can VISA be applied? Can it be applied 3-4 months earlier and get it approved?
What does forum member advise; Should VISA be applied first or Ticket be booked.
How early, can VISA be applied? Can it be applied 3-4 months earlier and get it approved?
AFAIK visa application will have a column for insurance and passport copies attachment along with tickets and 1 or 2 ref contacts there in uae
msherley8
TF Buzz
Hey! how are you planning to manage currency there? CC? forex or cash? we are visiting this month and still unsure about which forex card to carry! read a lot of suggestions here saying WOW card but it's backed by FD... Neo card has it's cons about the downtime, i want to avoid using Credit card as we are not frequent traveller so rewards points are not exciting us! I was thinking of bookmyforex or thomascook (apart from cash)
Maybe I am a bit late to reply.
Cash is good as most of the times you will be able to get it at the normal foreign currency rate (without any markup fee) as displayed on the internet. Normally, agents charge a markup of around 2%. Make sure to get a bill for your currency purchases. Normally you are not asked for it, but while filing ITR, it can be helpful. (In case you have made a foreign tour and did not spend any foreign currency).
However, carry a credit / debit card enabled for international transactions. You can claim duty drawback on your purchases at the airport to your card account. There is a certain limit for purchases above which you can claim, but this needs to be mentioned by the store where you are making the purchase. They will require your passport and issue a receipt to that effect. Our family bought two laptops back in December 2019 and we saved around 5%.
In Abu Dhabi, we saw ebikes which needed a card payment before they could be used. So, don't rule out credit cards. You don't know where you will need one.
Most of our booking such as flight and hotels were prepaid and so we did not need a good amount of cash. But, mostly payments for entry passes (to Miracle Garden, Dolphinarium, etc), food and souvenir purchases, local taxi travel, etc are generally done in cash.
Thanks!!
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